Now the Army is trying an infusion of the Disney culture. They paid Disney $800,000 to dialyze the crappy atmosphere at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the media showcased injured vets living in squalor with care lost in an arsenal of hurry-up-and-wait, shut-up-your-face.

The Army has joined the FBI, CIA and other agencies in attitude adjustment training, the Washington Post reported. At Walter Reed, 2,000 workers will go through -- all right, let's get it said -- Mickey Mouse training. (Trainers do hand out Goofy and Mickey Mouse trinkets.) The lesson, says the Post, is "poor service equals frustration."

Amen. Wounded and multiple-traumatized vets deserve better. Every patient deserves a five-star hotel experience. That's why Disney refers to patients as "guests." The Post quoted Disney trainer Mike Donnelly: "Get in a wheelchair and look at these processes through the shoes of your patient."

Community Medical Center adopted that approach a couple of years back with its Target 100 program -- the standard is 100% (measurable) satisfaction among patients, employees and medical staff. Make an error? Make it right. Times of high anxiety? Give explanations, updates, smile. A spoonful of sugar? You bet.

Whether it's Target 100 or web-footed wisdom from the Disney Empire, the benchmark for hospitals ought to be delivering (supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) quality care in an upbeat manner -- consistently.